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Gastronomy Tourism: an Opportunity for Local Development in Catalonia? a Stakeholder Analysis A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Londoño, Maria Del Pilar Leal Conference Paper Gastronomy tourism: an opportunity for local development in Catalonia? A stakeholder analysis 51st Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "New Challenges for European Regions and Urban Areas in a Globalised World", 30 August - 3 September 2011, Barcelona, Spain Provided in Cooperation with: European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Suggested Citation: Londoño, Maria Del Pilar Leal (2011) : Gastronomy tourism: an opportunity for local development in Catalonia? A stakeholder analysis, 51st Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "New Challenges for European Regions and Urban Areas in a Globalised World", 30 August - 3 September 2011, Barcelona, Spain, European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Louvain-la-Neuve This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/120176 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle You are not to copy documents for public or commercial Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, If the documents have been made available under an Open gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence. www.econstor.eu GASTRONOMY TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN CATALONIA? A STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS. Maria del Pilar Leal Londoño University of Barcelona Barcelona - Spain ABSTRACT The development of tourism and particularly public administration have had to adapt to new trends and the demands of the tourist market (Fayos-Solá, 2004) especially in Spain, thus generating some of the most remarkable and structural changes which constitute the emergence of new touristic dynamics (Lopez Palomeque and X. Font, 2010). The Catalan territory, which has participated in those dynamics where wine tourism becomes an alternative product of the diversification of touristic offerings, traditionally focused on sun- and-beach not only in this region but also in the whole of Spain. To revitalize the turistic offer historically focused on sun and Beach tourism, the Catalan government , bet for the gastronomic tourism through the creation of the strategies as the Gastronomic Club in 2001 or the Gastroteca in 2006; which link different stakeholders not only publics but also privates (travel agencies, universities, private foundation, NGO, producers, etc) interested in gastronomy, responding to this phenomenon that is increasing around the world and specially in Catalonia thanks to important figures like one of the most well known chefs around the world which is Ferran Adrià. Catalonia as a region is particularly varied, no only because it’s characteristics biogeographically but also for its touristic resources, generating in this territory the production of a set of “micro territories” which are constantly looking for authenticity and differentiation from highly competitive tourism brands such as the city of Barcelona. This paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages which arise this new touristic phenomenon in Catalonia and its relationship with the local development in different scales; through the perceptions and actions carried out for the stakeholders involved in this strategy. To achieve this, was taken the reflexions and the relationships that keep between them, 12 personalities from the public and private sector and the academy. Were applied semi 1 structured interviews and them perceptions were systematized and analyzed using SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) methodology as the primary tool. This methodology, examines this phenomenon in Catalonia and its possibilities as a generator of local and regional development. Key words: Gastronomic tourism, territory, diversifying tourism, local development, stakeholders, Catalonia. INTRODUCTION Donaire (1993, 179) claims that the most significant change undergone by contemporary tourism is the role it now plays in society as a whole. The author cites Alvin Toffler (1971:208) who, back in the seventies, predicted a “revolutionary expansion of certain industries whose sole output consists not of manufactured goods, nor even of ordinary services, but of pre-programmed ‘experiences’”. Today, gastronomy tourism is perhaps one of the best expressions of our post-industrial society, in which the use of our senses – sight, smell and taste – has become the activity generated by these "industries" (food producers, processors and restaurants), whose primary purpose is to give the visitor an “experience” via the sampling of food and drink. Seen in this light, Donaire (1993) argues that gastronomy runs counter to the uniformity of urban spaces, the imitation of distant geographies and the creation of aspatial scenarios and is an alternative to the McDonaldization process first defined by George Ritzer (1996), since gastronomy tourism is based on what is local, traditional and authentic in food and drink. For Kivela (2006), gastronomy is often referred to exclusively as the art of cooking and good eating, but this is only part of the discipline. For other authors, gastronomy is the study of the relationship between culture and food. A person who works in gastronomy is often involved in the tasting, preparing, experimenting, researching, discovering, understanding and writing about food and typically, but not exclusively, about wine too. Gastronomy, as a fundamental part of culinary tourism, is today a growing sector within the overall tourism market. For many tourists, sampling food and drink is one of their main reasons for visiting new destinations. A country’s gastronomy is a manifestation of its culture; its local food markets are recognized as important elements of the cultural and tourist experience of a region, its local identity being strengthened thanks to the products it sells. The increase in information 2 available to tourists and consumers nowadays means there has been a growth in demand for local products, often associated at the same time with the trend towards a healthier lifestyle. This relationship between local food production and tourism is being increasingly recognized by the tourist sector, which has managed to involve the various parties that make up these systems. In the case of Catalonia, its autonomous government, the Generalitat, has played a key role in recent years, manifested according to Lopez Palomeque and Font (2010): “on the one hand, by the intensification of the dissemination of tourism throughout the region, and on the other, by the participation of government bodies in this process, resulting in the institutionalization of tourism management”. Over the last eight years, local government has taken a greater role in the management of tourism throughout Catalonia (Lopez Palomeque, 2004), in which time the government has opted for the diversification of its tourism, seeking to relocate an activity that was traditionally focused on the “sun and beach” tourist sector. This paper describes aspects (both positive and negative) of gastronomy tourism as identified in interviews with those involved in various activities associated with Catalan cuisine, including food producers, restaurateurs, and those agents (both public and private) who promote this phenomenon in the region. These reports are triangulated with data obtained from direct observation and documented information. The information collected was then evaluated by applying the SWOT methodology in order to identify facets of interest to those involved in regional management and local development so that they might exploit gastronomy as an engine for a diversification of tourism. Here, we examine both conceptual questions and development issues in undertaking: a) an introduction to the global phenomenon, b) a study of gastronomy as a tourism resource and product in Catalonia, and c) an examination of the potential of gastronomy tourism as a strategy for local development in Catalonia. OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY This article examines the potential of exploiting gastronomy tourism as a strategy for local development in Catalonia. Various agents intervene in the production and marketing of gastronomy tourism as a local activity, forming the supply and distribution chain which 3 generates complex combinations of activities, ranging from production to the sale of products. A theoretical and empirical understanding of those who participate in Catalan gastronomy should enable us to define a contextual framework for food tourism as an economic activity and, at the same time, to determine both its current and future potential for this region. The methodology employed in undertaking this study included an exhaustive review of the literature and related documentation
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